Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-07
DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS.

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Turpie and Faulkner-A Protest from
Indiana.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s. The D emocratic
to hear the report of their steering COM
mittee on the Indiana and Wes5 Virginia
cases. The status Of Turpie, of Indiana,
and Faulkner, of West Virginia, was
explained to the caucus, and it was
the unanimous opinion that both should
be seated at once In order to avoid the
appearance of friction it was decided not
to take positive action until it was ascer-
tanned whether the Republicans propose
to object to their being sworn The
caucus adjourned until to-day in order
to ascertain the plans of the Republicans
kilograms were sent to absent Senators
urging them to come to Washington at once
Senator Voorhees, said that both Turpie and
Faulkner will be seated Monday If any of
the new Senators are
The Republican Senators have not yet de-
cided to oppose the admission of Turpie
There has been a good deal of discussion
about it among them, and there will be q
caucus to-day to determine what shall be
done. A good portion Of the Senators do
not think anything to be gained by opposi-
ton, and a good deal may te lost If
Turpie should not be admitted to his seat
the Governor would have the privilege of
appointing another Democrat to fill it, and
the Republicans of the Senate would be &C
cused of partisan action.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 3.-The Repub-
ican committee appointed by the last
Legislature to look after the inter-
ests of Senator Harrison in the con-
test against the seating of Turpie has just
forwarded to Washington supplemental
protest 1t is therein charged that two
members of the lower House of the Indiana
Legislature (Crueson, of Scott County, and
Harrell, of Franklin), were indebted to the
State at the time of their election and hence
were ineligible by constitutional pro-
vision Protests against their votes were
fled at the time of the balloting.
PoWDERLY's WARMING.
The General Master Workman Ad-
dresses Himself to Knights Who Talk
Secession.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The Journal Of United
Labor of Philadelphia contains second
letter from Mr.: Powderly on the Work
of Knighthood" In the course of it's three
columns he says:
'tFrom an organization numbering less than
was held we have seen the knights of Labor
grow until over 100 600 men and women claimed
membership at one time. While that vast indus
trial army was being gathered together, while
the seed was being sown, men who were
pioneers were making sacrifices that the order
might live in history as q power for good. Men
good and true were blackmailed and discharged,
but they never murmured. They were not work
ing for self nor the present-they worked
for posterity and the future. When I hear
men talk Of seeding from the organization
with the threat OF starting an improved order
fancy that they know but little Of the trials,
the dangers and the odds against which they
will have to contend, and feel that the amount
OF energy necessary to build up u new order, il
properly applied to the old one, would make il
invincible.
1T is true that in the old organization ali
who aspire can not be officers; all who pull
wires can not succeed in getting position;
but it is equally true that If they secede and Il
they succeed in building up new order they
only make it possible for other men to pull
wires and aspire to the place which they con-
tinually hope to secure for themselves. II In
the new order they succeed better than in the
old one and secure Offices, they do SO only ia
find at their elbows men who, like themselves
will stop at nothing mean or low to compass
their ends"